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History -- United States
Figure male -- Full length
Occupation -- Military
Dress -- Uniform
Outdoor Sculpture -- Kansas -- Stockton
Sculpture
(Stockton Civil War Statue), (sculpture).
Artist:
Unknown, sculptor.
Title:
(Stockton Civil War Statue), (sculpture).
Dates:
Installed 1933 (?).
Medium:
Sculpture: marble; Base: gray granite.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. H. 5 ft.; Base: approx. H. 4 ft.
Inscription:
(On front of base, raised letters:) ERECTED BY/STOCKTON/WOMANS RELIEF CORPS/AUXILIARY TO THE G.A.R./IN MEMORY OF THE/UNION VETERANS/OF THE CIVIL WAR/1861-1865/ERECTED IN 1933
Description:
A marble figure of a Civil War soldier standing at parade rest. He holds the upper end of a rifle with both hands at his chest, the proper left hand placed above the proper right hand, with an appreciable amount of space between them. Only the uppermost portion of the rifle is extant. The soldier is clean-shaven and wears a brimmed cap and a short tunic coat with a bayonet in a scabbard hanging on his proper left side from a belt. A short tree stump adjoins the figure's proper right leg. The figure's proper left leg is set slightly forward. The sculpture is placed atop a square base, set atop a larger granite base. The west face of the base is polished; the other sides are rough cut.
Subject:
History -- United States -- Civil War
Figure male -- Full length
Occupation -- Military -- Soldier
Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Kansas -- Stockton
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by City of Stockton, Stockton, Kansas
Located Stockton City Cemetery, Stockton, Kansas
Remarks:
The sculpture was erected by the Stockton Womans Relief Corps, auxiliary to the G.A.R. in memory of the Union veterans of the Civil War.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Kansas survey, 1995.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Note:
The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
Repository:
Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
Control Number:
IAS KS000524
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